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File Attributes
The system stores information about files in a structure known as an inode. This information includes:
- The file's type (regular file, directory, symbolic link),
- The file's size (in bytes),
ctime
, the time the file's inode was last modified,mtime
, the time the file's content was last modified,atime
, the time the file was last accessed (read, executed),
and file permissions:
- The file's owner (
UID
), - The file's group (
GID
), - The file's mode bits or permissions bits.
stat
- Display file or filesystem status.